Block1BugList

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  • won't turn on
    • check the plugs
    • take out battery and put it back in
    • take to the tech team
    • troubleshoot and solve
  • projector won't work (overheat, bulb break,...)
    • call Forrest
    • interpretive dance while you wait
    • if all else fails, kick it
    • have students open the document / site on their own laptops instead
    • use overhead instead
    • use white board instead
    • use chalk board instead
  • teacher computer overheats or freezes or starts to update on its own ... stops working...laptop gets dropped and has physical damage,
    virus
    • borrow a student computer (ask the one who is on Facebook)
    • have your info on the Cloud so you can access it; have it on a flash drive
    • turn it off, turn it back on again
    • have a folder of "extra stuff" to do that is content related that you can give students to do while you work on fixing it
    • ask the class for volunteer who knows technology (ask the Tech Team)
  • audio won't play
    • interpretive dance
    • do voice over
    • make sure it's plugged in
    • check the volume
    • find the same video on a different page
    • try a different browser
    • keep a set of spare speakers and use it
    • whip out your guitar
    • if it's on the Cloud, have students listen to it on their individual speakers
    • make sure it's not muted
    • turn on closed captioning (make sure you've previewed it prior to class)
  • battery dies on Smartboard markers
    • get new batteries
    • recharge them
    • interpretive dance
    • use a regular white board
    • mess with the batteries
  • Internet goes down/ bad Internet connection/ Internet blocker
    • panic
    • have downloaded what you need ahead of time so you can play it from your own hard drive
    • do an alternate activity
    • have a movie related to every lesson you do and play that movie
    • paper and pencil similar activity
    • switch browsers
  • screen orientation on the projector isn't right (resolution)
    • Tech Team
    • "push every button"
    • change resolution if possible
  • software or app goes down, started to cost money, for some reason you can't use it anymore
    • find a different one
    • consider buying it/ get the school to pay for it
    • is there an update? did the name change
  • Internet blocker
    • teacher uses admin password to get past it
    • talk to Tech Team
    • test your lesson (check video sites while you're at school to make sure that they aren't blocked)

  • software version is different and docs won't open anymore OR everyone has different versions
    • look for an alternate program
    • make it into a pdf or other universal file format
    • check software versions prior to lesson
    • have students do updates
    • look for converter software
    • keep multiple copies in different versions
  • computer won't run the new version of software
  • spinning wheel of death
  • inappropriate pop ups
    • quiettube..put your youtube link in it and it removes the ads etc.
    • resize the browser window so ads don't show up
    • adblock for google chrome
    • download it and put it on your own site
  • personal information gets hacked/password
    • change passwords immediately
    • contact company / tech team right away
    • freeze everything else
  • computer reboots itself during a project that hasn't been saved
  • certain website won't load
  • computer becomes sentient and attacks you (aka iRobot, Terminator)
    • find John Connor
    • find Will Smith
    • keep a glass of water next to you
    • set it on fire